Re: Undeletable files after kyua test runs

On Mon, 2020-06-29 at 21:08 +0200, Gordon Bergling wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 11:58:47AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 10:32:38AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 10:26 AM Gordon Bergling <
> > > > gbe_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> > > > > I recently stumbled across undeletable files that are
> > > > > generated by kyua
> > > > > test runs,
> > > > > for example
> > > > > 
> > > > > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  0 May  9 13:10
> > > > > /tmp/kyua.aB4q62/8676/work/fileforaudit
> > > > > 
> > > > > I haven't yet identified the test that generate those files,
> > > > > but it is
> > > > > impossible
> > > > > to delete them. I have clear_tmp_enable="YES" set in the
> > > > > /etc/rc.conf, but
> > > > > on every boot the system argues that these file aren't
> > > > > deletable.
> > > > > I tried to 'rm -rf' them by hand but, even this wasn't
> > > > > possible. I have
> > > > > looked for
> > > > > any extend attributes, but I didn't find any.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Has anyone an idea how this is possible and may how these
> > > > > files can be
> > > > > deleted?
> > > > 
> > > > Have you done 'ls -o' to check for flags like schg?
> > > > --
> > > > Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network
> > > > Engineer
> > > > E-mail: rkoberman_at_gmail.com
> > > > PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
> > > 
> > > Argh, I haven't thought about chflags for quite some time. The
> > > chflags
> > > bit was set and after an
> > > 
> > > # find /tmp/ -type f -exec chflags -R 0 {} \;
> > 
> >                ^^Only files          ^^ meaningless when chflags is
> > given ONLY files
> > 
> > You probably could of done:
> > chflags -R 0 /tmp/
> 
> Okay, I am currently working on an update for clear_tmp_enable="YES"
> to include
> a check like this. I would think that an rc option like this should
> delete 
> everything in /tmp.
> 

I disagree.  One of the few things those immutable flags are good for
is protecting files from things like an rc script or other automation
that deletes files.  Those flags are typically set and maintained by
users and admins, and automation should not change them in order to
delete files.

The real fix we need is for the kyua tests to properly clean up after
themselves, including fixing the flags on temporary files created or
used by the tests, and then deleting them.

-- Ian 

>  
> > > I was able to finally delete them.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the fast respone,
> > > 
> > > Gordon
> 
> --Gordon
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